Facts and opinions related to the reprographics business and the reprographics industry as well as articles and information related to the A/E/C industry served by reprographers. This blog is intended for reprographers, for vendors who sell to reprographers and for analysts and investors who are interested in learning more about the reprographics industry. (YOU CAN CONTACT THE BLOG AUTHOR at joel.salus@mac.com or at joel.salus@me.com)

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Michael
Cully, President of AIR Graphics, is 2015 George Bukovsky Award Winner

Michael Cully, president of AIR
Graphics in Boston, has been awarded the 2015 George K. Bukovsky Award from the
International Reprographic Association (IRgA). The Bukovsky Award recognizes
individuals who have made significant, long-term contributions to the reprographics
industry.

“I have served with Mike on the IRgA
Board for many years, and he has always proved himself to be a stalwart of
immense fortitude guiding IRgA with unwavering purpose and resolve,” says Paul
Fridrich, president of IRgA. “On the personal level, in my dealings with Mike,
I always enjoyed his wit and hospitality when visiting with him and his brother
Kevin in Boston and his willingness to offer solid advice.”

Cully has been involved in the
reprographics industry since working for Miller Blueprint while attending
Northeastern University in the early 1970s. He became co-owner of that company
in the mid 1970s, and sold it in 1986. Together with his brother Kevin and partner
Kevin O’Neill, Cully opened Applied Image Reprographics in 1986. He remains
president of that progressive reprographics firm, which is today known as AIR
Graphics and has three locations in the Boston area.

“As president and CEO of AIR
Graphics, Mike leads a diverse group of talented professionals dedicated to
serving the design community, making AIR Graphics a leading provider of
services in New England,” noted Bob Roperti, owner of Jiffy Reprographics in
Clearwater, Florida, in his nomination of Cully for the award. Roperti is a
member of IRgA’s Presidents’ Council, which chooses the Bukovsky honorees.

Cully was on the board of the
Eastern Regional Reprographics Association for six years starting in 1993, and
was president of that association in 2000. He subsequently served on the board
of the IRgA, and was IRgA president in 2010.

“I’m extremely honored to have
received this award,” Cully says. “It has special meaning because I had the
pleasure of meeting George Bukovsky on many occasions early in my career.”

Cully will be honored at a special
reception and banquet during the joint Eastern Reprographics
Association/International Reprographic Association convention on April 9-11 in
Atlanta. For information about that event, visit: http://www.irga.com/attendee-registration-for-2015-convention-now-open!/

About the Bukovsky Award: The Bukovsky Award honors the memory of
George K. Bukovsky, who worked in the reprographics industry for more than 30
years and actively promoted IRgA and the industry. He passed away in 1990, and
the award was established to honor his contributions by recognizing others who
have similarly made a lasting impact on the reprographics industry. To read a
list of previous Bukovsky Award winners, click here: http://www.irga.com/knowledge-bank/bukovsky-award-winners/

About the IRgA: The International Reprographic Association
is a trade organization for businesses involved in the creation and management
of large-format documents. IRgA is holding a joint convention with the Eastern
Reprographics Association in Atlanta on April 9-11, 2015. Founded in 1927, the
association represents approximately 500 member companies across the United
States, Canada, and other parts of the world. IRgA’s website, www.irga.com, is devoted to news and information
about the industry.

Archive of Blog-posts on Repro 101 when Repro 101 was hosted on IRgA web-site

To access the archive of blog posts that were put up on Reprographics 101 when Repro 101 was hosted on the IRgA web-site, go to the blog-post put up on May 31st, 2013, and, when you locate that blog-post, you will find a list of the pdf files that contain those previous blog-posts, as well as "links" to each pdf file.

About Me

40+ year involvement in the reprographics business and industry. Former Chairman/CEO of Rowley-Scher Reprographics, Former Senior Vice President & Chief Business Strategist of National Graphic Imaging (NGI). Former Managing Director of the International Reprographics Association (IRgA). Active as a Management Consultant to firms in the reprographics business. (My consulting practice is called ProActive Management Programs LLC.)